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Article: JUVENILE JUSTICE: A SECOND CHANCE IN CHESAPEAKE, YOUNG FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS WHO ADMIT THEIR GUILT CAN AVOID JUVENILE COURT BY APPEARING BEFORE A CITIZEN PANEL FOR PUNISHMENT.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 15, 1996
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Byline: JUNE ARNEY, STAFF WRITER
CHESAPEAKE -- ONE DAY last February, a 17-year-old boy and his friend skipped school and, armed with cans of spray paint, drove to an overpass on Military Highway near Chesapeake Crossing.
The fun didn't last long.
A police officer drove by and caught them in the act of painting graffiti.
In any other Hampton Roads city, it probably would have meant a trip to an overcrowded juvenile court. It would have meant long hours sitting next to their parents, waiting for their names to be called. It would have meant standing before a judge, heads hung, and possible juvenile records.
But in Chesapeake, ...